Plimoth Plantation to mark new $1 coin's release

The new $1 coin that celebrates the 1627 treaty between the Wampanoag and the Pilgrims will be released Jan. 12 by the U.S. Mint in a ceremony at Plimoth Plantation, according to a press release.

The new $1 coin that celebrates the 1627 treaty between the Wampanoag and the Pilgrims will be released Jan. 12 by the U.S. Mint in a ceremony at Plimoth Plantation, according to a press release.

In late November, the U.S. Mint announced that it was memorializing the treaty between Ousamequin, the Wampanoag's Massasoit, or supreme sachem, and Plymouth Colony Gov. John Carver. The reverse side of the coin depicts Ousamequin reaching out and offering a peace pipe to Carver. The obverse side of the $1 coin depicts Sacagawea.

The coin release is slated for 10:30 a.m. in the Henry Hornblower II Visitor Center. Anyone 18 and under who attends will receive a newly minted coin. Others will have the opportunity to exchange paper currency for rolls of the new coin.

Federal law requires the U.S. Mint to include a $1 Native American coin to celebrate "important contributions of Indian tribes and individual Native Americans to the history and development of the U.S."

GEORGE BRENNAN

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